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I was not in opposition to the Democratic party until they lost an election against the most evil candidate imaginable. Not only was I in favor of harm reduction, I see voting the lesser evil as a requirement of living in a democracy. In many ways, my reasons for opposing the Dems now are rooted in a liberal perspective, not a Marxist one.
As Trump further centralizes power in the executive, unilaterally reversing constitutional bans of popular social media apps; disregarding the say of the foolish representatives who signed it, only his election will have any bearing on how government is run. My state didn't vote for him, so no one here has any input on the federal government. With the legislature being powerless, I have no representation in the government anymore. Not even Republican Senators have a say.
The social contract is toast, all because the national Democratic party failed us. Liberal democracy is gone, all because they couldn't win over new voters. We're in the endgame dumbass. No more voting our way out
Democrats are held to a higher standard than Republicans even by people who claim progressive ideals.
"Not letting fascism win" is the lowest standard imaginable, and they couldn't clear it
I bet that was entirely unrelated to the constant drumbeat of "leftists" saying that voting third party to show the Democrats their mistake of not being everything they wanted them to be. Absolutely no relation to the people who literally told me they wanted trump to win because it would hurt the Democrats.
And that's just what I saw on Lemmy. Mainstream ~~brainwashing~~ social media platforms are magnitudes worse. Add in the billionaire media owners giving him millions of dollars in free advertising, and I'm not surprised at this outcome.
They provided no ammo with which to push back against the frustration. They fucked up constantly over the last couple years
After months of posts about the "Democrats being complicit in a genocide," I'm not going to pretend that "don't let fascism win" was somehow the standard they were being held to.
We all knew well ahead of time just how much worse Republicans would be.
You overestimate how foolish people were. The liberals and leftists knew, but the disengaged voters who won Trump the election didn't. I talked to some of these people. It was easy for them to put their hope in Trump because it was hard to put any hope in Democrats. TikTok bans and genocide complicity were but a few bricks in the wall. It was a pattern of disregard that few could ignore.
Liberalism died with a pathetic whimper